Rob 02

Thanks again. I did some experimentation meanwhile and you are correct. The stock Bose speakers seem to like scooped mid's in equalization. I will be swapping them out soon as well after I add some acoustic treatment.

As far as the rear speakers are concerned, they seem to be matrixed somehow for rear fill with two channel material (which is what I was hoping for). I wont know for sure until I get some full range speakers installed.

boonie c4

I'm presently running a Pioneer 4200 nex but i like your write up so i'm asking regarding my present 08 C6 which contains a 5 channel amp a sub with front separates and rear coaxial speakers along with having access to 2 usb hookups which pumpkin unit would you recommend?
thanks boonie. marvinbriggs@frontier.com

Z2Z

https://www.carjoying.com/head-unit/a-c/chevrolet-head-units/chevrolet-corvette-aftermarket-android-stereo-navigation-system/joying-newest-ram-2gb-rom-32gb-factory-cd-player-replacement-new-android-5-1-1-lollipop-system-pip-auto-radio-7-inch-double-2-din-hd-1024-600.html

i have this one and it works fantastically. The buttons can be programmed to color match almost perfectly and the one **** is a great match to the HVAC controls.

Power-Valve

Hi Forum

I got one of newer units from Pumpkin w/ 2GB RAM sitting here on my desk. And a Pac Audio RP5-GM11.

I am just curious about the audio signal wiring... Should I use the speaker outputs to feed into the Pac Adapter or the RCA outputs? Then I'd need to solder RCA plugs to the non shielded cables from the Pac Adapter which seems weird...

Cheers from Germany...
Uwe

Trios

Looks like you still have the ISO connector on the headunit harness. As bjmsam referenced in the first post of this thread, you need to cut off the ISO connector and wire the GM11 wires to the used-to-be-ISO wires of the same color. PAC adapter requires speaker-level inputs and not line-level (RCA) inputs.

Power-Valve

... that's what I was looking for... But I would have loved to NOT use the speaker outputs and switch off the internal amp... whatever.

One more: There are two ways of connecting power to the Radio. Either thru the ISO Connector or thru the small white connector. That's the one I used during my tests on my office desk w/ a computer power supply.

Which one is preferable or should I even connect both?

Cheers
Uwe

BAAD LS2

Has anyone used this unit? Does it fit other year c6 aside from 2005-2006? I really want one that is a direct fit for 2010 zr1 w/ nav, as I hate the look of the adapter plates.

Power-Valve

It should fit in any C6 as they never changed the SatNav. (just added a USB Port at some point)

Did you see the first post? The adapter plate is just a frame and it looks pretty much OEM...

Cheers
Uwe

BAAD LS2

That was my thought as well, but found it odd they only called it our for 2 years.

Yes, I know what the adapter looks like, and in my opinion it doesn't match 100% perfectly, I don't want to have to trim and paint/etc. Been through that on my last car.

Power-Valve

I'd rather trim the frame and get a better unit with 2GB RAM. The 1GB units are getting very slow with the newer Android versions. And I'd go for a bigger screen instead of the DVD drive but that's a personal preference...

Power-Valve

I'd rather trim a frame and get a newer unit with 2GB RAM. With 5.1.1 Android 1GB units ofter lag...

CCIE

Seicane is a horrible company. Defective head unit and DVD player, don't stand behind their product at all unless you're willing to mail it back to China for repair, not even cross ship. Lots of reports on Rennlist about bad MOST adapters. They offer a mirrorlink from your phone that I paid for and they won't even send it to me. Here's the last exchange with them. Anyone who spends money with this company is feeding the troll.

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Date: 2017-04-24 06:14
To: sales1@seicane.com
Subject: RE: RE: AutoReply: RE: RE: seicane limited: Shipment # 105272953 for Order # 105279803
My Cayenne has been in the body shop for a few months. I love my car. It's like new inside and out and the Seicane unit was supposed to be a dream. Listen, my DVD player is completely dead, has been since delivery. You never gave me the mirror link software and I want what I paid for. I want my DVD replaced. I'll be happy to give you a deposit, PAY for a new DVD player and you refund me when I send the dead unit back. But I want my DVD player and I want my mirrorlink software. I don't know what to even do about the antenna anymore. I can't leave a giant hole in my dash for months while I ship the unit back to China and I shouldn't have to pay all the labor to swap it in and out, so I'm just stuck and will just give up on the antenna issue if you JUST FIX THE OTHER ISSUES. PLEASE. I paid through paypal which isn't going to help me at all so I'm reduced to begging for what I paid for. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me.

bjmsam

After more than three years now, all apps are current, everything functions perfectly, and it remains my favorite upgrade.

Rob 02

I'm still not clear on how to upgrade the firmware. I have the "no DVD" issue.
I have thought about getting the newer unit but I'm going to wait.

bjmsam

Pumpkin referenced a firmware update in 2015 (here?) but I never bothered with it. They were very responsive to my questions during installation, so if you can't find the download or instructions, I bet they would be happy to help (searching their forum on GS-C0219 and JY-C0227 might be useful as well). The XDA forum is another resource (RK30SDK). Good luck, and please keep us posted!

BTW, the Android 6.x unit that I installed in my RAV4 earlier this year works great after recent firmware updates worked out all of the major kinks on that new platform but it doesn't do anything more or better enough to justify upgrading the Android 4.4.2 unit in my Z06.

383

what does updating the firmware do? I just pick things up and put them down

bjmsam

I don't know what the Joying firmware that Pumpkin referenced does for this unit specifically, but for the Android 6.x unit in my RAV4, some of the significant changes included:

• lower the voltage threshold to eliminate reboots during engine start
• suspend for X minutes when ACC is switched off to eliminate reboot when ACC is switched back on (it takes less than two seconds to restore)
• improve Bluetooth connectivity
• improve screen brightness control
• improve steering wheel and hard button mappings
• improve MCU apps (radio, music)
• improve boot logo
• Android OS patches

All of those "improve" statements above were addressing problems with the emerging 6.x architecture that did not affect the 4.4.2 unit in my Z06 but are examples of what firmware updates can address.

BAAD LS2

It looks like they have updated this unit to have 2GB and Android 7.1.1.

https://www.seicane.com/2005-2006-ch...ontrol-s018724

I'm very interested if anyone else has any experience with these.

Jmelz

I picked up a ga2164 2gb memory unit after reading this thread.

Installed yesterday... Messy job on my trimming of the metra kit, so I had to order another.

Also...no idea where to get am illumination wire, so I used the too far right one on the HVAC controller (cream?). It lights up the buttons but doesn't seem to dim with the interior lights on the dash...

​​​​​It seems to be working well enough...

Rob 02

Is it for a C5? If so then I can find an illumination wire in my factory service manual later.

What year is your car?